The thermal conductivity of nanofluids has been studied experimentally using the transient hot-wire method, and it is shown that a significant increase can be obtained. Existing methods for the prediction and correlation of the thermal conductivity are discussed. It is shown that a lot of work still needs to be done in this area.
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Assael, M.J., Metaxa, I.N., Kakosimos, K. et al. Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids – Experimental and Theoretical. Int J Thermophys 27, 999–1017 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-006-0078-6
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